Trump lauds ‘big win for America’ as Supreme Court rules he can remain on ballot: Live

Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg is in court in Lower Manhattan charged with five counts of perjury in the first degree relating to Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial.

The US Supreme Court has determined that Donald Trump can remain on 2024 presidential election ballots across the country, marking a reversal of a landmark Colorado court decision that found him constitutionally ineligible because of his actions on January 6.

But the justices ignored the central question in the case, which revolves around whether then-President Trump should be disqualified from holding office after he “engaged in insurrection” by fuelling a mob that stormed the US Capitol

The ruling did not include any discussion on the central premise of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision, as well as decisions from officials in Illinois and Maine. The justices instead determined that only Congress – not states – has the authority to disqualify candidates for federal office.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of tomorrow’s big day on which 15 states and one territory go to the polls, which promises to be make-or-break for Nikki Haley.

Donald Trump has never been more vulnerable.

Without the privileges and prestige of the presidency to protect him, Trump is facing serious lawsuits and criminal indictments across New York, Florida, Georgia and Washington. All while he is running a campaign for re-election and is in pole position to take the Republican nomination for president.

Federal officials, local prosecutors and individuals are going after him for everything from his private conduct to his political maneuvering during the 2020 election.

If even one of these efforts proves successful, the US could see a former president behind bars for the first time.

Here, Josh Marcus explains each major case Trump is facing.

US vice president Kamala Harris called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Sunday that would last for six weeks as she spoke in Selma, Alabama, on the anniversary of the civil rights march later known as “Bloody Sunday”.

“Given the immense scale of suffering in Gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire – for at least the next six weeks, which is what is currently on the table,” she said, standing with her back to the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Harris also delivered one of the sternest condemnations of Israel’s failure to allow humanitarian aid to citizens of the Gaza Strip from the White House so far, remarks that came after Israel’s military was widely criticised for opening fire as Palestinians gathered at an aid truck carrying flour.

More than 100 Palestinians were killed in the incident, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

“People in Gaza are starving. The conditions are inhumane. And our common humanity compels us to act,” Harris said.

“The Israeli government must do more to significantly increase the flow of aid. No excuses.”

Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of Donald Trump’s Trump Organization, is expected to plead guilty to perjury charges on Monday over the testimony he gave to investigators during the former president’s New York civil fraud trial.

Mr Weisselberg arrived at the office of Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg early on Monday morning and is expected to enter his plea later in the day, CNN reports.

The former execution has been engaged in plea talks with Manhattan prosecutors for several weeks but neither he nor his lawyer Seth Rosenberg have yet commented on Monday’s developments and the exact charges he will plead guilty to are not yet known.

A majority of voters – 73 per cent – say that President Joe Biden is too old to be an effective president, according to a new poll.

But, 42 per cent say the same about Donald Trump.

The latest New York Times/Siena College survey conducted late last month found that 47 per cent of respondents strongly agreed with the statement that President Biden is too old to be effective, while 26 per cent somewhat agreed. Fourteen per cent somewhat disagreed and 11 per cent strongly disagreed.

For Trump, 21 per cent strongly agreed that he’s too old, another 21 per cent somewhat agreed, 23 per cent somewhat disagreed and 32 per cent strongly disagreed.

Concerns about Mr Biden’s age now threaten his re-election effort, even as both he and Trump are showing signs of their age, often appearing confused and making obvious verbal blunders during public appearances.

Biden, the oldest serving president in US history, is 81, and Trump, the third-oldest, is 77.

The crowd of Trump supporters that gathered in Richmond, Virginia, to hear their hero speak on Saturday night fell silent as the former president appeared to mix up presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama yet again.

“Shortly after we win the presidency, I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine settled,” Trump blustered.

“I know them both very well and we will restore peace through strength. Get that war settled. It’s a bad war. And Putin has so little respect for Obama that he’s starting to throw around the nuclear word,” he added, seemingly labouring under the delusion that Biden’s former boss remains in charge.

There were plenty of other moments during Trump’s campaign events in Greensboro, North Carolina, and later in Richmond in which he appeared to struggle to deliver his speech or otherwise appeared confused.

Gustaf Kilander has more.

The BBC’s Panorama programme reports that Donald Trump’s supporters have been sharing fake AI-generated pictures of the candidate posing with African-Americans in the hope of artificially boosting his appeal to Black voters.

Bogus images like the one featured in the post below do not appear to be affiliated with the official Trump presidential campaign, the BBC reports, but are nevertheless clearly intended by the Republican’s fans to bolster his re-election efforts.

A spokesperson for the group Black Voters Matter told the corporation the images were part of a “strategic narrative” intended to promote the candidate’s appeal to the Black community.